Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-10-06
FACT AND FANCY.

tiers.
! Canada's population Is estimated at seven
millions.
There are sixty thousand eolored Knights
| Of Labor.
Twenty newspaper men will occupy seats In
the next congress.
Chinese woodchoppers arc leaving the for
ests In the vicinity OF Lake Taboo.
Electricity can travel 2S3, 00o miles per sec
end under favorable circumstances
1t lie common thing for women to carry
, hods and mix mortar In Vienna, Austria.
The "sprlpg Frogs" aud the "Bloodynouns"
are two colsred basel ball clubs OF Wilmington,
| NC.
There Is q dog In ST. Cathsrlnes Dat, that
can climb lamp-post as easily as a squirrel
can a trea
A young man who smokes cigarettes stands
no show Of obtaining admission to the naval
or military academy.
Eighteen Alpine tourists are reported this
season to have slipped OF the mountain
side and lost their llvea
By the explosion Of wine tank at De Turks
winery, at Santa Rosa, CAL. recently, one
/
1t 10 said resident OF Grass Valley, Cal,
can only get out OF tn. place By passing over
= toll-r0ad or ascend NJ the golden stairs
The streets Of vicksburg. Miss, have been
! lettered and the houses numbered. The new
watsr-works will be Ia operation by Dec L
! A lady found $50 g. piece In the streets
OF Woodland Cal, one day recently, invested
| 1t In lot, and In two weeks realized sl.25o.
At Wal, Walla, W 'shlngton territory, a
physician was bitten the other day by poIs-
0nous 1y, aud his arm and neck are fearfully
swollen.
New York has tax on inhsritances-a very
easy tax 10 pay. Within the last two years It
has paid over s., 0oo, 900 into the treasury OF
| the state.
The Washington and Ilaho Fair association
offer about IS, O00 In premiums to be distrbu-
ted among the lucky ones at their arst annual
exhibition.
Paris, where earlcaturc has reached It's high
est and lowe. developm It Is to have an ex-
hibltion Of comic art from the beginning OF
the century to the present time.
The flag that Heated ever the Marshall house
In Alexandria, Va, In 1851, and was indirectly
the cause OF the death Of Jackson and ELS.
worth, Is now In the state capitol at Albany,
n. Y.
The big tunnel near Roblnson's ferry, on the
stanislaus river, California, will be completed
10 few days, and then the river will be turn
cd into It. An immense harvest OF gold Is ex-
pected.
During the past seven months Gov. Gordon
Of Georgia, has received six hundred applica.
lions for pardon. There Is possibility that the
next legislature will appoint d board Of par
dons to relieve the governor.
Small Boy (at church picpic)-I say. John
ny, where's them nice ham SANDWICHES your
ma put up fer youi These Amt no good.
Johnny (Sitterly)-Ths superintendent and
the teachers Is a-eatn' Of 'sm
The only custom which seems to be univer-
sal, according TO q gentleman who has just
completed trip around the world, is the usc
Of tobacco. In mauy places he saw the weed
used by woman as much as by men
A little Indian girl said to her teacher:
1--WE have not PRAYED for the poor" Her
teacher replied: "Well, you pray for them"
The little girl then said: 30 Lord. bless the
poor, aud make them fat, IL you can"
In the midst OF fervcnt exhortation to sim
ners n Portland revlvalist who Is by business
an auctioncer, exclaimed: 'Twenty-nine I've
got; thirty, shall | have 'emi Bless the
Lord Twsnty-niss are saved; who will come
NEXT Shall have thirty"
Owing to the effects Of prohibition, the
Rhode Island treasury is S25o, o)o short, and
there are no available funds with which to
support the state police. Meanwhile, not
much less liquor than formerly is consumed
by the little states Inhabitants
"Have you ever made any somplaintsp
asked Treasury Examiner Olev OF o. OF Berg
strom, an emigran. agent, at the Castle Gar
den investigation on "Wednesday. Never"
replied Mr.. Bergstrom; we call Castle Garden
hell, and don't expect to change hell"
A Cincinnati pastor in announcing to hls
cougrega that he was about to leave for
his vacation, added: During my absence
my brother will occupy the pulpit, and viii
take great pleasure in responding to calls,
especially funeral calls, from the members Of
this church wh;le I'm away"
Mount Williamson, Ia Inyo, California,
towering above In dependence on the SOUTH
west is the grandest peak in the United States.
Ii reaches al attitude OF ffteen thousand feet,
large portion OF the northern side being o
sheer descent. Two OF the three peaks are In
accessible. and but two parties have assembled
the other.
An Austin Sunday school teacher was ex-
planning q chapter in Genesis to q class of
boys lie asked: "Why did Ham laugh at
his father Noshr because Noah was drunl.n
'You would not laugh at your father II he
was TO como home drunk, would youl" II
never got much OF q chance. Hs comes home
80 late that Pn always asleep"
II Is bit cd |, but Paymaster G. r Watkins,
OF the United States navy, erabezzler, now In
the San Quentin (Cal) psnitsntiary under sem
| tsRcs OF hard labor fer three eyars, actually
draws Q salary Of tD22 year while In prison.
Under the conditions OF his sentence he will
continue o. hslfpay until the expra-
ton OF The three years, when he will DO dis.
mlsssd In disgrace from u Gle Sans ser
vice.
at 10 OF eours., verv lonely since my hus-
band died." said the Dakota woman whe was
visiting 10 the east but ! h v, one oonsols-
tIOn." "Ah, what Is thatf" ale died In q
good cause" 10 yes, Of course, remember
now that your husband went to the territory
as q missionary. Was he killed br the Indians
or did he fall . prey to diseaseW Neither"
replied the widow. He Vvcrererted himself
10 . fsotracs and 1t killed him. The MAYOR
Of the city had been blowing around for SIX
months what . bad man he was on the run,
BIT poor John beat him over rod both heats.
He won $500, too. stakes and side bets, hut
he dids't live to eniov any Of it."
The Quiet Village Of North Branch in Flut-
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